Comments on: Scatter-brained ideas are us. http://www.fluentradical.co.uk/2005/12/scatter-brained-ideas-are-us/ you know you're conservative when ... you watch Star Wars thinking the empire has a point of view. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:48:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Chris Palmer http://www.fluentradical.co.uk/2005/12/scatter-brained-ideas-are-us/comment-page-1/#comment-599 Chris Palmer Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:35:04 +0000 http://www.fluentradical.co.uk/blog/?p=176#comment-599 Nice to see that, according to you, only "posh" schools have houses. The local state school has a house system, as do many public schools. Nice to see that, according to you, only “posh” schools have houses. The local state school has a house system, as do many public schools.

]]> By: Chris Palmer http://www.fluentradical.co.uk/2005/12/scatter-brained-ideas-are-us/comment-page-1/#comment-598 Chris Palmer Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:31:39 +0000 http://www.fluentradical.co.uk/blog/?p=176#comment-598 James, the College system acts in the same way as before - it's just that the tutors in individual colleges have their ability to chose students removed. A central body in Oxford interviews and gives out places. Currently being proposed is a system whereby on application to Oxford, you register a preference, and if you are selected, they try to accomodate your choice, and if not they put you in another college (which college doesn't really matter at the end of the day, because everyone ends up liking the college they're in and saying that it's the best.) The original system allowed tutor/interview favourism. Also, if say 10 excellent students applied to say, Brasenose, and there were only 2 places, 8 were left out - whereas under the new system, those 8 would be properly pooled and comparable to other students applying at other Oxford colleges, which is currently not the case. James, the College system acts in the same way as before - it’s just that the tutors in individual colleges have their ability to chose students removed. A central body in Oxford interviews and gives out places. Currently being proposed is a system whereby on application to Oxford, you register a preference, and if you are selected, they try to accomodate your choice, and if not they put you in another college (which college doesn’t really matter at the end of the day, because everyone ends up liking the college they’re in and saying that it’s the best.) The original system allowed tutor/interview favourism. Also, if say 10 excellent students applied to say, Brasenose, and there were only 2 places, 8 were left out - whereas under the new system, those 8 would be properly pooled and comparable to other students applying at other Oxford colleges, which is currently not the case.

]]> By: Gavin Corder http://www.fluentradical.co.uk/2005/12/scatter-brained-ideas-are-us/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Gavin Corder Mon, 19 Dec 2005 01:53:29 +0000 http://www.fluentradical.co.uk/blog/?p=176#comment-99 My son hasn't gone to Oxbridge either. He didn't want to. He's gone to King's College London to read philosophy with his straight A's and assorted prizes and gongs from his comprehensive. And I'm glad he has as he's far from living in an ivory tower. But I'm not sorry that I put him and his siblings through prep school. Best money I ever spent. My son hasn’t gone to Oxbridge either.

He didn’t want to. He’s gone to King’s College London to read philosophy with his straight A’s and assorted prizes and gongs from his comprehensive.

And I’m glad he has as he’s far from living in an ivory tower.

But I’m not sorry that I put him and his siblings through prep school. Best money I ever spent.

]]> By: Administrator http://www.fluentradical.co.uk/2005/12/scatter-brained-ideas-are-us/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Administrator Fri, 16 Dec 2005 18:01:23 +0000 http://www.fluentradical.co.uk/blog/?p=176#comment-90 It would have just about as much point as dividing the kids in a classroom up into the Red, Green, Blue and Yellow groups so that they'll want to try to outdo each other, yes. It would have just about as much point as dividing the kids in a classroom up into the Red, Green, Blue and Yellow groups so that they’ll want to try to outdo each other, yes.

]]> By: James Hellyer http://www.fluentradical.co.uk/2005/12/scatter-brained-ideas-are-us/comment-page-1/#comment-89 James Hellyer Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:50:34 +0000 http://www.fluentradical.co.uk/blog/?p=176#comment-89 This makes the College system a bit pointless, doesn't it? This makes the College system a bit pointless, doesn’t it?

]]> By: Administrator http://www.fluentradical.co.uk/2005/12/scatter-brained-ideas-are-us/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Administrator Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:58:37 +0000 http://www.fluentradical.co.uk/blog/?p=176#comment-86 Of course! :) Have you managed to overcome your false consciousness over the oppression you daily suffer because of your gender? Of course! :)

Have you managed to overcome your false consciousness over the oppression you daily suffer because of your gender?

]]> By: Tory Convert http://www.fluentradical.co.uk/2005/12/scatter-brained-ideas-are-us/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Tory Convert Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:47:14 +0000 http://www.fluentradical.co.uk/blog/?p=176#comment-85 "never even crossed my mind that it had anything to do with me being from a state school" Is that 'false consciousness' on your part, Dan ;-) ? “never even crossed my mind that it had anything to do with me being from a state school”

Is that ‘false consciousness’ on your part, Dan ;-) ?

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